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About the Role

The Cyber Threat Response (CTR) Lead is a junior leadership role supporting incident coordination, security event investigation, and security operations. This role coordinates triage, containment, remediation, recovery, and closure activities during active security events, keeping stakeholders informed and documenting actions, findings, and outcomes. The CTR Lead partners with Security Operations, IT, Legal, Privacy, and external partners to support timely decisions, consistent execution, and continuous improvement of response readiness. This position is based in NYC and collaborates with global teams across the company.

Responsibilities

Investigate threat activity by reviewing evidence, assessing impact, and documenting findings.
Coordinate incident response activities across triage, containment, remediation, recovery, and closure.
Lead response efforts for emerging threats, including zero-day vulnerabilities, third-party breaches, and threat hunting findings.
Collaborate with internal teams and external partners for timely decision-making, escalation, and resolution.
Maintain playbooks, workflows, and response documentation to support consistent execution.
Support tabletop exercises, lessons learned, and after-action reviews to improve response readiness.
Lead or support on-call emergency cyber incident response activities outside normal business hours, including nights and weekends during active incidents.
Support insider threat reviews, threat hunting, and executive protection activities by analyzing security data and presenting findings.
Assist with digital forensics and eDiscovery through evidence collection, preservation, analysis, and documentation.
Contribute to projects and assessments that strengthen security operations and response maturity.
Support forensics lab maintenance and case management improvements.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Information Technology, Computer Science, Digital Forensics, or a related field; equivalent experience will be considered.
3–5 years of experience in threat management, cybersecurity, security operations, incident response, threat hunting, digital forensics, vulnerability management, or related technical work.
Working knowledge of cybersecurity frameworks, standards, and incident response best practices.
Ability to assess event criticality and business impact with attention to detail and operational context.

Skills

Incident response
Threat detection
Security monitoring
Cyber investigations
SIEM
EDR
SOAR
Case management
Digital forensic tools
MITRE ATT&CK
NIST Cybersecurity Framework
Incident response methodologies
Operating systems
Cloud
Networking
Identity
Endpoint security
Logging concepts
Analytical
Organized
Detail-oriented
Clear communication with technical and non-technical audiences
Effective collaboration across technical, business, and vendor teams
Developing leadership
Sound judgment
Accountability
Ownership
Priority management
Calmness during active events
Appropriate escalation

Location

Work Type

On-call emergency cyber incident response activities outside normal business hours, including nights and weekends during active incidents.

Experience Level

3-5 years of experience
Junior leadership role

Education Level

Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Information Technology, Computer Science, Digital Forensics, or a related field
Equivalent experience will be considered
GCIH, GCFA, GCIA, GCTI, OSCP, CHFI, or other relevant cybersecurity certifications (Preferred)

Salary/Compensations

$105,100.00 to $172,600.00

Benefits

Health insurance coverage (medical, dental, and vision insurance)
Wellness and family support programs
Life and disability insurance
Retirement savings plans
Education-related programs
Paid holidays and vacation time
Highly competitive incentive compensation programs
May be eligible to participate in the applicable Commission/Bonus Plan

About the Company

The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. is one of the world’s leading manufacturers, marketers, and sellers of quality skin care, makeup, fragrance, and hair care products, and is a steward of luxury and prestige brands globally.
The company’s products are sold in approximately 150 countries and territories under brand names including: Estée Lauder, Aramis, Clinique, Lab Series, Origins, M·A·C, La Mer, Bobbi Brown Cosmetics, Aveda, Jo Malone London, Bumble and bumble, Darphin Paris, TOM FORD, Smashbox, AERIN Beauty, Le Labo, Editions de Parfums Frédéric Malle, GLAMGLOW, KILIAN PARIS, Too Faced, Dr.Jart+, the DECIEM family of brands, including The Ordinary and NIOD, and BALMAIN Beauty.

Equal Opportunity

We are an equal-opportunity employer. Minorities, women, veterans, and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply.
Accommodations for job applicants with disabilities are available on request.
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